While taking rehearsal shots for “My Fair Lady”, I caught sight of a newspaper headline one of the cast members was reading and I involuntarily gasped for air as I asked her if I could borrow that section. Reading the article, I was near tears and would have cried if I wasn’t already in a …
No pictures today, sorry. I decided to stay with my friend, Julie, for the night here in Portland instead of driving back to Salem after small group tonight. With the dance shows and the shows at the theatre, I haven’t had a lot of time for my friends who live in Portland. It was a …
Today as I was on the stage dancing before the audience, looking out at all the faces before me, many smiling, my friend Julie grooving on the back of the bleachers, I felt God remind me to enjoy the moment. We build up to moments like that. In dance, we build for months with countless …
Often the best moments of the day are the seemingly small but deeply enriching and endearing ones of our life. Yesterday’s was walking around the art fair with a friend and her family. It is so much more fun to walk around the fair with a friend, I see so much more than I otherwise …
“If the wagons a rockin, don’t comma knockin’!” This is what Kelli proclaimed to the art fair goers as we rocked out to music coming from the main stage. We were taking a shift together at the Pentacle Theatre’s gypsy wagon talking about the current show and the next season. It was fun and we …
“Once upon a time, there was a little girl named Sarah and there still is.” This is the beginning to a story I wrote when I was eight. I found it tonight going through a packet of papers my mom gave me along with some other childhood relics. Like any childhood, there were some really …
What a night. We had tap rehearsal this afternoon in preparation for the show on Sunday. Then I came home, cleaned up, and headed out to an artist open house hosted by my friend Kathy with whom I acted in “Death of a Salesman”. The artist was a spiritual impressionist and I enjoyed the depth …
Have you ever thought about the fact that we pray for the symptoms and not the problem? Thinking about this, I realized I often pray for the symptoms: relationships, career, the little things that while they are important, does not get to the heart of the problem. We pray for a sense of identity and …
For as long as I can remember, Boise Cascade has sat next to the river in the town where I live. Years ago, they removed a bunch of the buildings down by the river and created a beautiful park. Still, Boise Cascade was yet there to the left of the park, some buildings still being …
